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Ashburton River South Branch
The Ashburton River / Hakatere is a river in the Canterbury region of New Zealand, flowing across Mid Canterbury from the Southern Alps to the Pacific Ocean. The official name of the river was amended to become a dual name by the Ngāi Tahu Claims Settlement Act 1998. It has been identified as an Important Bird Area by BirdLife International because it supports breeding colonies of the endangered black-billed gull. Description The river has two branches which meet from the coast, just inland of the town of Ashburton. The branches remain parallel and no more than apart for a further upstream of their confluence, finally diverging near the small settlement of Ashburton Forks.New Zealand 1:50000 Topographic Map seriesheet BX20Methven The rivers' path southeast across the Canterbury Plains lies in a shallow depression between the higher shingle fans created by the much larger Rakaia and Rangitata rivers. Both branches are crossed via siphons by the Rangitata Diversion Race, part ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ashburton, New Zealand
Ashburton ( mi, Hakatere) is a large town in the Canterbury Region, on the east coast of the South Island of New Zealand. The town is the seat of the Ashburton District. It is south west of Christchurch and is sometimes regarded as a satellite town of Christchurch. Ashburton township has a population of . The town is the 29th-largest urban area in New Zealand and the fourth-largest urban area in the Canterbury Region, after Christchurch, Timaru and Rolleston. Toponymy Ashburton was named by the surveyor Captain Joseph Thomas of the New Zealand Land Association, after Francis Baring, 3rd Baron Ashburton, who was a member of the Canterbury Association. Ashburton's common nickname "Ashvegas", is an ironic allusion to Las Vegas. Hakatere is the traditional Māori name for the Ashburton River. The name translates as "to make swift or to flow smoothly". History In 1858 William Turton, ran a ferry across the Ashburton river close to where the Ashburton bridge now lies. He al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bingham Baring, 2nd Baron Ashburton
William Bingham Baring, 2nd Baron Ashburton, (June 1799 – 23 March 1864) was a British businessman and a Whig politician who later became a Tory. Background and education William Bingham Baring was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in June 1799, the eldest son of the politician and banker Alexander Baring, 1st Baron Ashburton (1773–1848), and his wife Ann Louisa (died 1848), daughter of William Bingham. He was educated at Oriel College, Oxford, where he graduated in classics in 1821. He received a Master of Arts in 1836 and an Honorary Doctorate of Civil Law in 1856. Political career Baring sat as Member of Parliament for Thetford between 1826 and 1830 and 1841 and 1848, for Callington between 1830 and 1831, for Winchester between 1832 and 1837 and for Staffordshire North between 1837 and 1841. He was elected as a Whig in 1832 and 1835, and from 1837 as a Tory. He served under Sir Robert Peel as Joint Secretary to the Board of Control from 1841 to 1845 and as Paymaster ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moorhouse Range
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Wild Man's Brother Range
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Big Hill Range
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Mount Arrowsmith (New Zealand)
The Arrowsmith Range is a mountain range in the South Island of New Zealand. The range runs from southwest to northeast, parallel to the main ranges of the Southern Alps / Kā Tiritiri o te Moana. At the northeastern end, the range terminates at Jagged Peak (), whence a ridge connects to the Jollie Range. The lower Potts Range is a continuation at the southwestern end of the range. The highest point on the range is Mount Arrowsmith ().New Zealand 1:50000 Topographic Map Seriesheet BX18– Whitcombe Pass It is believed that the range was named in honour of John Arrowsmith, the 19th century British cartographer.Wises New Zealand Guide, 7th Edition 1979 p 13 Peaks Named peaks from northwest to southeast Rivers The northwest side of the range is drained by the Lawrence River, a tributary of the Rangitata River, and the southeast side by the Ashburton River South Branch / Hakatere and the Cameron River which flows to Lake Heron Lake Heron is a freshwater lake in the South Island ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stour River
The Stour River is a river of the Canterbury region of New Zealand's South Island. It rises in two main branches, the East Branch and West Branch, to the southeast of Lake Heron, flowing generally south to meet the south branch of the Ashburton River / Hakatere west of the settlement of Mount Somers. See also *List of rivers of New Zealand This is a list of all waterways named as rivers in New Zealand. A * Aan River * Acheron River (Canterbury) * Acheron River (Marlborough) * Ada River * Adams River * Ahaura River * Ahuriri River * Ahuroa River * Akatarawa River * Ākiti ... References * Rivers of Canterbury, New Zealand Rivers of New Zealand {{CanterburyNZ-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ashburton Glacier
Ashburton may refer to: Australia * Ashburton, Victoria, a suburb of Melbourne ** Ashburton railway station, Melbourne * Shire of Ashburton, a shire in Western Australia ** Electoral district of Ashburton, a former state electorate in Western Australia * Ashburton River (Western Australia), river in the Pilbara New Zealand * Ashburton, New Zealand, a town in Canterbury ** Ashburton Aerodrome, a small airport serving Ashburton ** Ashburton County, was one of the counties of New Zealand ** Ashburton District, which replaced Ashburton borough and county ** Ashburton (New Zealand electorate), a former electorate in New Zealand * Ashburton River / Hakatere, river in the South Island South Africa * Ashburton, KwaZulu-Natal, a town in South Africa United Kingdom * Ashburton, Devon, a town in England ** Ashburton (UK Parliament constituency), a former UK Parliamentary constituency ** Ashburton railway station * Ashburton, London, an area in the London Borough of Croydon, England ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alford Range
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Pudding Hill Range
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Black Hills Range
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Palmer Range
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